The HIV Podcast

Episode 2 of our 5 part summer mini series has landed! This week Sarah and Jess learn about the Great Porn Scandal, how HIV testing regulations came about in the porn industry and a shared childhood guinea pig history!

*Please note this episode includes discussions of an adult nature, listener discretion is advised

Sources

Pornography and AIDS: A History - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Marc Wallice - Wikipedia

Other info

‘Documenting HIV/AIDS epidemic in UK’ 

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DT22VDC

Instagram - @westsussexro

[email protected]

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Sound the klaxon, it's time for another summer mini-series! This year Sarah and Jess are taking a look at HIV & porn! In the first of 5 episodes we focus on the first well documented report of HIV transmission among male adult film performers in 2014…and Sarah discovers what a fluffer is!

Sources

Occupational HIV Transmission Among Male Adult Film Performers — Multiple States, 2014 | MMWR (cdc.gov)

CDC: Porn actor spread HIV after testing negative for it (usatoday.com)

Other Info

New tab (hivmatterspodcast.co.uk)

How to eat: toast | Food | The Guardian

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We have spent quite a lot of time looking at the stories of children living with HIV around the world, so this week's episode Sarah and Jess are bringing us back to the UK.to look at this topic on our home turf - although sad to say these stories are no less shocking.

Sources

HIV children turned away from schools | Schools | The Guardian

Anxious parents ask for HIV boy to be banned from school | The Independent | The Independent

Infected blood scandal: ex-pupils and relatives sue Hampshire school | Contaminated blood scandal | The Guardian

HIV: How 175 British children were infected with disease - BBC News

Around 380 children infected with HIV through blood products in UK, inquiry finds | UK News | Sky News

Almost 400 children were infected with HIV through contaminated blood products (telegraph.co.uk)

Parents ‘told children were HIV positive without knowing they had been tested’ | The Northern Echo

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Chemsex. Party and play. Wired play. Whatever you call it, this form of recreational drug use carries a lot of risk in terms of HIV. This week Sarah and Jess explore why that is.

This episode is sponsored by OraQuick

OraQuick HIV Self-Test gives you more control, allowing you to test yourself accurately anytime, anywhere, using an oral fluid sample. No blood, no needles, just results in 20 minutes. OraQuick is easy, painless, proven and private. Available from Terrence Higgins Trust, Superdrug, Amazon and pharmacies throughout the UK.

Additional information on uk.oraquick.com

Sources

Chemsex is top of the list of risk factors for HIV infection in gay and bisexual men in England | aidsmap

What is chemsex and why does it matter? | The BMJ

1 new message (help4addiction.co.uk)

Antidote: Drugs & Alcohol Support - London Friend

Useful information

Chemsex Support - London Friend

Free professional chemsex support in/outside London (controllingchemsex.com)

Chemsex support for professionals | Change Grow Live

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Sarah and Jess take a look at some cases of discrimination against children due to their HIV status in the USA, and how their parents handled such difficult situations.

This episode is dedicated to Eliana, Ricky, Robert and Randy

Sources

Eliana Martinez, by and Through Her Next Friend, Rosa E.martinez, Her Mother, Plaintiff-appellant, v. School Board of Hillsborough County, Florida, a Corporatebody Public, Defendant-appellee, 861 F.2d 1502 (11th Cir. 1988) :: Justia

Martinez v. School Bd. of Hillsborough County, Fla., 675 F. Supp. 1574 (M.D. Fla. 1987) :: Justia

Rosa Martínez and Eliana Martínez - Wikipedia

Eliana Martinez, 8; AIDS Victim in School Dispute - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Eliana Martinez, 8; Won AIDS Court Test - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

- Wikipedia

The Ray brothers: Kelly Ring talks with Florida family years after children's deaths from AIDS (fox13news.com)

HIV-positive Ray brothers' home burned down | HISTORY

'We'll see them again': Last living Ray brother diagnosed with AIDS in 80s passes away (fox13news.com)

The Ray Brothers, a Sad Story of Ignorance and Intolerance – THE UNFINISHED PYRAMID

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This week Sarah and Jess explore the rare phenomenon of elite controllers - a person living with HIV who is able to maintain an undetectable viral load for at least 12 months, despite not being on medication.

Sources

The Stages of HIV Infection | NIH

What is an elite controller? | aidsmap

The 'elite controllers' who can naturally suppress HIV | Aids and HIV | The Guardian

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In the final part of this trilogy, Sarah and Jess take a look at what the other HIV risks are that affect the transgender community.

Sources

HIV and trans and non-binary people in the UK | Sexually Transmitted Infections (bmj.com)

First data on trans people accessing HIV care in England | aidsmap

Latest statistics on HIV in the UK: data for 2021 | HTB | HIV i-Base

Other information

Zero HIV Stigma Day |

Launch a campaign on HIV to tell the public that Undetectable = Untransmittable - Petitions (parliament.uk)

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From spitting and biting to tattooing and piercing, this week Sarah and Jess take a look at if there is any risk of contracting HIV through these, commonly asked about ways.

This episode is sponsored by OraQuick

OraQuick HIV Self-Test gives you more control, allowing you to test yourself accurately anytime, anywhere, using an oral fluid sample. No blood, no needles, just results in 20 minutes. OraQuick is easy, painless, proven and private. Available from Terrence Higgins Trust, Superdrug, Amazon and pharmacies throughout the UK.

Additional information on uk.oraquick.com

Sources

HIV transmission and testing FAQ | Q and A | HIV i-Base

HIV cannot be transmitted by spitting, and risk from biting is negligible, says detailed case review | aidsmapc

Two rare cases of family HIV transmission between adults reported | aidsmap

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Trans and non-binary people are key populations whose HIV prevention and treatment needs have been neglected, so in part 2 Sarah and Jess take a look at the health inequalities trans people face, in terms of HIV.

Sources

Trans* people and HIV | National AIDS Trust

Latest statistics on HIV in the UK: data for 2021 | HTB | HIV i-Base

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Trans and non-binary people are key populations whose HIV prevention and treatment needs have been neglected, so in the first of this two-parter, Sarah and Jess take a look at the data around this and what it means for the trans community.

Sources

HIV and trans and non-binary people in the UK | Sexually Transmitted Infections (bmj.com)

First data on trans people accessing HIV care in England | aidsmap

Latest statistics on HIV in the UK: data for 2021 | HTB | HIV i-Base

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